Dance McLachlan's Reel 4270
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 800/800/888/840 = 41% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Lead/Dance down and up, then cast (DWNUP;CAST)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Rights and Lefts - four bars (R&L;FOURB;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey travel
- Published in
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- Miss Milligan's Miscellany of Scottish Country Dances [54]
- 99 More Scottish Country Dances [54]
- Miss Milligan's Miscellany Volume II [24]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [456] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [415] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [405] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
McLachlan's Reel
In Robert Burns’ “The Brigs of Ayr”, the New Brig says:
O had M’Lauchlan, thairm-inspiring sage,
Been there to hear this heavenly band engage,
When thro’ his dear strathspeys they bore with Highland rage,
Or when they struck old Scotia’s melting airs,
The lover’s raptur’d joys or bleeding cares,
How would his Highland lug been nobler fired,
And ev’n his matchless hand with finer touch inspired!
No guess could tell what instrument appear’d,
But all the soul of Music’s self was heard;
Harmonious concert rung in every part,
While simple melody pour’d moving on the heart.
James McLauchlan was a fiddler much admired by Burns and it was to “MacLauchlin’s Scots-Measure” that he set his song “My Highland Lassie, O”.
A Highlander once attached to the household of “Colonel Jack”, Colonel Lord John Campbell of Mamore, later 5th Duke of Argyll (1723–1806), McLauchlan came to Ayrshire with one of the many Fencible Regiments raised in the latter half of the 18th century. With cellist Matthew Hall, McLauchlan travelled about the Lowlands and in Edinburgh and Glasgow performing in country houses and at balls and assemblies.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLachlan's Reel | Luke Brady's Scottish Dance Band | Dances from Miss Milligan's Miscellany Part 5 | CD | 8 | S32 8 | 8:22 | 62.8 |
McLachlan's Reel 3/4L · S32
- 1-8
- 1s lead down, lead back to top & cast to 2nd places
- 9-16
- 1s repeat above Fig to 3rd places
- 17-24
- 2s+3s+1s circle 6H round & back
- 25-32
- 1s dance up to top & cast to 2nd places, 2s+1s dance R&L (1 bar per hand)
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-18 Nürnberg | 2019-02-19 | Jürgen Wagner | Feb. 19, 2019, 3:42 p.m. |
| 190624P | 2019-06-24 | Michael Däther | June 20, 2019, 10:12 p.m. |
| 190603P | 2019-05-20 | Michael Däther | June 2, 2019, 2:17 p.m. |
| 221114P | 2022-11-14 | Michael Däther | Nov. 12, 2022, 5:25 p.m. |
| Waltham End-of-term Social | 2016-04-28 | John Aitken | April 20, 2016, 12:40 p.m. |
